Paper leaf – Sydney by street artist Miguel Marquez
For many arts workers across literary, performing, visual and community arts sectors, 2015 has been a taxing year with narrowing budgets and funding pools.
Yet it’s also held many important conversations about the prevalence of burnout and how we can better take self-care.
Arts work will always be emotionally and intellectually taxing but avoiding exhaustion and burnout is not simply about encouraging individuals to take care of themselves. The breadth of the problem shows the onus must be on organisations and improving the foundations of the arts ecology.
‘With the word burnout you instantly think of a person, an individual who has just worked too hard and thrown themselves into it,’ said Esther Anatolitis, Director, Regional Arts Victoria.
